Speedball jam session at Pop’s Blue Moon to celebrate BDog’s graduation. With Crunchy Grooves introduction and setbreak, and commencement speech by Stevzie.
Set 1: Jam 1*, Jam 2^
Set 2: Booka Shade Jam%
* with Anxiety Attack
^ special guest Chip Darr on drums and John Puskus on tenor sax
% featuring dual keys jam with special guest Nate Hershey. Also Biddy broke a string.
Thanksgiving party. Joe Thomas and Scott S DJ’d before each set. Go Mizzou.
Set 1: Alphahouse Jam*, We’re All In This Together > Lost at Sea -> Lot Trash**
Set 2: Alphahouse Jam*^, Nasty Rumor, Dirty Bomb -> Cosmolux Jam, Queen of Hearts%
* with John Puskas on tenor sax
** with Anxiety Attack
^ with extended Omega Point/Speedball Duo introduction
% first time played
Featuring guest DJs Joe Thomas and Scott S. from Alphahouse between sets, and special announcements from Harry Carry during setbreak.
Set 1: Alphahouse Jam* -> Every Man for Himself -> All For Nothing -> The Big Deal
Set 2: Alphahouse Jam* -> Da Funk** -> The Cosmolux^ -> Lost at Sea# -> Panda-monium -> Lost at Sea Reprise > Nasty Rumor%, First Tube***, Each Day’s Better Than the Next
* with John Puskas on alto sax
** Daft Punk cover, first time played
^ Utopic Space song, first time played by Speedball
# first time played without “The Beacon”
% first time played
*** Phish cover, first time completed
DJ Flex Boogie played before and after each set.
Set 1: Jam*, God’s Kids Pray -> Every Man for Himself
Set 2: Flex Boogie Jam^, Optimus Prime, All For Nothing# -> The Big Deal
* with John Puskus on alto saxophone
* with First Tube teases, John Puskus on alto sax
# first time played, dedicated to everyone who came out to the Roberts Orpheum show
With Hazard to Your Booty, Elastic Soul, Papa Smiley, and others. Produced by Loyal Family.
Set 1: Jam* -> The Big Deal*
* special Rick + Mark Williams and part Biddy – Speedball Power Trio/Utopic Space performance
This show was a tribute to Sugar Williams, the greatest beagle there ever was, R.I.P. DJ Kurtis Random spun dub-step before and after each set. First gig back as Speedball.
Set 1: Random Jam*, Dirty Bomb
Set 2: Random Jam, God’s Kids Pray# -> Every Man for Himself#, We’re All In This Together# -> The Beacon^, Each Day’s Better Than The Next
* featuring Kurtis Random on sound effects and John Puskus on tenor sax
# first time played
^ featuring John Puskus on tenor sax
“Not a speedball reunion”, in-between sets of “Not a CPB Reunion.”
Set 1: Jam, The Beacon
With Biddy on bass, in the midst of an improv evening.
Set 1: Dirty Bomb*
* featuring Joe Boland on extra keys, and some dude on djembe
With Biddy on bass.
Set 1: Jam -> First Tube*, The Beacon -> Jam^
* aborted version
^ featuring John Puskus on sax, Adrian on keyboard, and some dude on djembe
Last minute show filling in for our friends The In?. Jonathon Cour and Slow Parade opened up.
Set 1: Optimus Prime -> The Big Deal > The Beacon*
* dedicated to Nathan Graves
ROCKIN THE SKYBRIDGE
MardiCrawl Music Festival – 02-23-2006 – in the retiring St. Louis Centre in downtown St. Louis.
Solitron played on the 2nd Floor, Stage #200. Other acts included Lojic, Riker’s Mailbox, Alabaster Brown, J Boozer, and many many more. The City Limits Band played in between sets.
Set 1: Jam -> Fantasy Blues* > Lot Trash, Optimus Prime
Set 2: The Beacon, Maggot Brain^ > Panda-monium*, Dirty Bomb* -> The Big Deal*
Encore: Each Day’s Better Than The Next
* first time played live
^ Funkadelic cover, first time played live
“The Road to Wakarusa” Battle of the Bands.
Local Gents, Dave Black, Alabaster Brown, Big Thumb USA, and DJ J Public played before us. Big Thumb won! We lost. First gig billed as “Solitron.”
Set 1: Optimus Prime*, Each Day’s Better Than The Next*, Lot Trash*
* first time played.
Set 1: Jam*
Set 2: Four More Years (part 1) Jam^ > The Beacon > Four More Years (part 3) Jam
* with The Chunnel teases
^ with special guest Chip Darr on drums
A multi-sensory costume ball with Big Thumb, Alphahouse DJs Joe Thomas & Scaught, and Flex Boogie & Pituko. Many thanks to co-producers Loyal Family!!
Set 1: Four More Years
Set 2: Alphahouse Jam > The Beacon* > Jam
* first time played
Look out at the highway and pretend it’s a river…
Set 1: Jam*
Set 2: Jam > Four More Years^
* faded in from a set by DJ Tommy
^ first time played
Kegger at Biddy’s. First gig with Biddy on bass. Organic Grooves and CPB played before us.
Set 1: Jam*
* cut off by the cops right when it got good.
20 min set, featuring Greg Lorton on bass. We lost. The videotape is out there somewhere!
Set 1: Jam
Debut performance at Cicero’s Acid Jazz Sessions. Featuring special guest CPB’ers Greg Lorton (bass), Dan Lake (2nd guitar), and Chip Darr (percussion).
Set 1: Jam
Set 2: Jam*
* set 2 was preceded by an impromptu CPB reunion